Punching, perforating, or like machine.



No. 826,396. PATENTED JULY,17, 1906. R. 'G. WHITLOOK. PUNOHING, PERFORATING, OR LIKE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18. 1905.

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No. 826,396. I PATENTED JULY 17, 1906. R. G. WHITLOGK.

PUNGHING, PERFORATIN-G, OR LIKE MACHINE. APPLICATION 31mm NOV. 1a. 1905.

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No. 826,396. PATBNTBD'JULY 17 1906.,

R. G. WHITLOGK.

PUNGHING, PERFORATING, OR LIKE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.1B. 1905.

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R. G. WHITLOGK. PUNGHING,-PERFORATING, OR LIKE. MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18. 1905.

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thereof one of which is shown at 5 in Fig. 2, adapted UNITED sr TEs- PATENT OFFICE.

RALPH G. WHII-LOCK, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. PUNCHING, PERFORATINGQ-OR LIKE MAVQHINE. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed November 18 1906- r ll No. 288,095-

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RALPH G. WHrTLooK,

residing at Lo's a citizen of the United States,

California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Punching, Perforating, or Like Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My resent invention belongs to the t pe of mac es disclosed in an ap lication filed by me for Letters Patent 0? the United States,Serial No. 210,726, filed June 1, 1904. My present invention ma be termed a multi ress, in that Iemplby' in one machine evices for carrying out a number of different operations such as punching, perforating, scoring, round-cornering, tags and label cutting, and card-index-cutting machine, and a squaring-shear. 4

The invention consists in the features andcombination and arrangement of arts hereinafter described, and particulary pointed out in the claims. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view 0 the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the I hexagonal cylinder for carrying the elements adapted for the different kinds of work. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the end of the cylinder and the locking-lever therefor. Fig. 4 is a Iplan view of the two sections of the table of t e machine. Fig. 5 is a'sectional view of a part of the drum at that face u on which the various punch-dies are adapted to be secured, this view showing particularly the vise for clamping the said punch-dies in place. Fig. 6 is a detail of the vise.

1s a plan view of this face of the drum. 8 is a detail sectional view of a part of the face of the drum adapted for scorin ,.the scoring-tool being shown as associate the said face. Fig. 9' is the drum with the scoring a'p liances in place. Fig. 10 is a plan view 0 the parts shown in Figs. 8. and 9. l

As in the application above referred to, the present machine comprises generally a frame com osed of sides 1, a top 2, and cross-pieces 3. n the sides is journaled a gear-bar 4, Fig. 2, having teeth extending longitudinally and engaging the teeth of rack-bars,

a side view of part of to reciprocate vertically in the punch-frame and connected to the punches or other suitable tools to drive the same. The gear-bar is operated by arms 6, to which are connected pitmen 7, which in turn are operated from ated 1n any suitable manner, but preferably in a manner disclosed in an ap lication filed of even date herewith. In the ame at 10 is journaled a drum 11, which is of hexagonal form and is adapted to ca on its several faces appropriate devices for cooperating with the punches, perforating-tools, or other devices to which vertical reciprocation is imparted through the rack-bars and gear-bar above mentioned. These devices carried by the several faces of the. nentlyfixed thereto and are adjusted at the factory so that when it is desired to change from one form of Work to another or, as ma be said, from one machine to another it 1 be simply necessary to rotate the drum so as to bring the roper face uppermost to 006p? erate with t e tools actuated by the gearbar, and then by lockin the drum in this position the machine will e ready to work. I

havesought to avoid thenecessity for using f tion 12.to engage notches in the drum; he

drum are permalever 13 is on a shaft 14, which is under tension of aspring 15, tending constantly to.

force the lever into en aging position. The shaft 14 is j ournaled in rackets 16 and is ad justable longitudinally by pointed screws 17, so that the locking-pin for the multipress- 'cylindermay be rought in correct position for accurately holding the said multipress drum or cylinder to cooperate with the reciprocating tools.

' A gage for the work is shown at 18, and this maybe set in position throu h mechanism controlled b the operator at t e front of the machine. connected directly to rack-bars 19, only one of which is shown and each of which meshes with a gear-wheel 20, which also meshes with a toothed bar 21, which is multifaced, and in being-fixed to the cross-shaft 27 The rod v has a slotted connection with its lever at '28. The lever 26 at its u per end has a handle 28, and by grasping t s and pulling the lever forward the gage maybe quickly set in osition'as the movement imparted by the horizontally over the table 30, being supported at one end in the bracket 31', fixed to the table, and at the other end 32 to the frame. This rod carries a sto or stops 33, and these stops may be set at ifierent positions along the rod corresponding to the different positions that the gage must occupy in performing the desired work. For instance, it may,

be necessary in carrying out a certain piece of work to set the sto s in a variety of positions over the'table, an it is desirable, of course, to make these changes in the gage without stopping to reset or measure the distance of the movements desired. For instance, in perforating checks we will say that the erforations areto be four inches apart an that the paper is twenty inches wide. By placing five stops on the rod 29 two inches apart the paper will be moved the proper distance-- 7.. 2., four inchesby arresting the movement of the hand-lever at the different stops mentioned. -In order to secure this arresting or sto ping action, the hand-lever is connected wit a carriage or block 34, movable on a rail or guide-bar 35, fixed to the standard 31 at one end and to the frame at 36. This carriage or block carries a vertically-movable arresting-pin 38, having a head 39 at its upper end concaved on its up er face to fit the rod 29 and pressed upwar y normally by a spring 40. This arresting-pin is engaged by a lever 41, pivoted at 42 to the carriage or block and connected'by the links 42 43 with a shaft 44, extending through the handle 28 and having connected at its inner end a dulex thumb-lever 45, havin two contact or earing surfaces 46. The s aft has an arm 47, to which one of the links 43 is secured, and the links are also controlled b a pivoted arm 48, carried b the hand -lever. By means of this mec anism the operator by ressing with his thumb or finger upon the ever 45 can depress the arresting-pin, so as to ass the stops 33 on the rod 29.

n drawing the lever 26 forward for the I first stopping action the operator merely grasps the handle 28 without pressing the lever 45, and as the arresting-pm now remains with the pressed u wardly by its spring it will contact st of the stops 33. The operator then resses on the finger or thumb lever 45, and t us depresses the arresting-pin 38, so

that it may pass beneath the first stop 33 as the lever 26 is drawn farther forward, and immediately upon passing this first stop the thumb-lever45 is released, and the arrestingpin springs up into position to strike the second stop, and so on throughout the series. The two finger-surfaces 46 on the lever 45 are provided in order to allow the operator to press the lever 45 conveniently at whatever angle the lever 26 may stand. The rod 29 is suitably graduated.

I prefer to secure the rod 25 by screwing it into the carriage 34, and this carriage carries the pin 28" which moves in the slot 28. of the lever. V In Figs. 5, 6, and 7 I show the means located on the face marked A of the drum for securing dies to 006 erate with the various forms of punches. n this face is located a vise for holding said dies, said vise comprising a movable jaw 50, adapted to'be set in different positions to clamp the dies by the bolts 51 andto be returned to normal position when the bolts are loosened by springs, one of which is shown at 52. The vise operates in a recess 53 in the face ofthe drum.

In Figs. 8, 9, and 10 I show the attachment or devices on one ,of the faces for use in scoring. This face has a recess at 53, in which the scoring-die 54 is arranged. The scoringtool 54 is connected with the block or beam 55, adapted to move vertically in guides 56, secured to the face of the drum. This crossbeam or block is connected by the screwthreaded couplings at 56 to the plungerrods operated by the gear-bar.

As above stated, the drum is adapted to be turned to bring its desired face uppermost. In order to permit this, the table is formed in two parts 57 and 58, Fig. 4, guided, as at 59, to move in the frame. When the drum is to be turned, these sections of the table are moved apart, and then the drum is turned and set in proper position, and thereafter the parts of the table are moved up to the drum again, as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention 1. In a machine of the class described, the tool oroperating device or devices, a drum having a plurality of faces carrying devices to 006 erate with the tool or tools, a lever for hol ing the drum in position, and a shaft carrying the lever and means for adjusting the said shaft longitudinally in-its bearings so that the drum will be held accurately in the direction transverse to the axis of the rum, substantiall as described. 1

2. In combination in a machine of the class described, the tools or operating devices, a gage, a hand 0 erating ,device and a connection between t e same and the ga e for multiplying the movement of the said hand operating device to the gage, substantially as described.

desired position, said adjustment bein in a ating the same, a gage, a stop,

pass the stop,

3. In combination in a machine of the class described, a gage, a toothed bar connected therewith, a gear meshing with the toothed bar and hand operatin devices connected with the gear for trave ing the same and a toothed bar engaging the gear for multi lying the movement of the hand operating (iievice, substantially as described.

4. In combination in a machine of the class described, the tool or tools with means for operating the same, a gage, movable along the surface of the table, a stop, a device for operating the gage having connections thereto, an arresting device associated with the said oper ating device with means for operatin the arresting device so that it may pass t e stop, substantially as described.

5. In combination in a machine of the class described, the tool or tools with means for o crating the same, a ga e, movable along t e surface of the table, a p urality of stops, a device for operating the gage, an arresting device associated and moving with the operating device with means for throwing the said arresting device out of line with the said stops, substantially as described.

6. In combination in a machine of the class described, a tool or tools with means for operating the same, a gage, movable along the sur- 'face of the table, a stop, an operating-lever with connections to the gage, an arresting device, associated and moving with the said lever and means carried by the lever for adjusting the arresting device so that it may pass the stop, substantially as described.

7. In combination in a machine of the class described, a tool or tools with means for operan operatlnglever with connectlons to the gage, an arresting device associated and moving with the said lever, and means carried by the lever for adjusting the arresting device sothat it may said adjusting means including a fin er-lever with connections to the arresting fevice, substantially as described.

8. In combination in a machine of the class described, a tool or tools with operating means therefor, a gage, a hand-lever for operating the same, a stop, an arrestin deviceassociated and moving with the Iand-lever', a shaft extendin through the handle of the hand-lever, a. ger-lever on the said shaft and connections from the said shaft to the arresting device to withdraw the same from engagement with the stop, substantially as described.

9. In combination in a machine of the class described, a tool or tools with operating Witnesses:

means therefor, a gage, a leverhaving connections with the gage and a horizontally-extending handle, a stop, an arresting device associated and moving with the lever, a shaft extending horizontally at the handle, a finger-lever for operating the said shaft and means for connecting the shaft with the arresting device, substantially as described.

10. In combination in a machine of the class described, a tool or tools with operating means, a gage, a lever, a sliding carriage or block having a pinand-slot connection with the lever, a connection between the said block and a gage, a stop, an arresting device carried by the b ock and means carried by the lever for withdrawing the arresting device from alinement with the stop, substantially as described.

1 1. In combination in a multipress, a drum adapted to be turned, a recess in one face of the drum, a vise-jaw associated with said recess, means for operating the viseejaw, a tool cooperating with the tool held by the vise-jaw and means for operating the cooperating tool, substantially as described.

12. In combination, in a multipress, a drum adapted to be rotated, and having a plurality of faces, a tool'held on one of the said faces, guides secured to the said face, a tool cooperating with the tool on the drum and moving in the said guides and means for said last-mentioned tool, substantially as described.

13. In combination inamultipress, a table having a 'movable section, a drum, arranged below the plane of the table-surface adapted to be turned, tools on the said drum being adapted to be brought into action by turning the same, and the movable section of the table being adapted to be adjusted to permit this adjustment and a tool cooperating with that on the drum, substantially as described.

14. In a multipress, a table formed in two sections slidable toward and from each other, a rotary drum or carrier having thereon a plurality of tools, and a carrier for tools to cooperate with those on the drum the said tablesections being moved away from each other to permit the drum to be turned and being returned to normal position when the drum is set, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RALPH e. WHITLOCK.

NATHAN NEWBY, J LANDRUM GRAHAM.

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